Public opinion of the Irish "COVID Tracker" digital contact tracing App: A national survey.

Michael Edmund O'CallaghanManzar AbbasJim BuckleyBrian FitzgeraldKevin JohnsonJohn LaffeyBairbre McNicholasBashar NuseibehDerek O'KeeffeSarah BeechamAbdul RazzaqKaavya RekanarIta RichardsonAndrew SimpkinJames O'ConnellCristiano StorniDamyanka TsvyatkovaJane WalshThomas WelshLiam G Glynn

Published in: Digital health (2022)

DCT Apps may potentially augment traditional contact tracing methods. Despite some reports of negative effects on phone performance, just 7% of users who have tried the App have deleted it. Ancillary functionality, such as up-to-date regional COVID-19, may encourage DCT App use. This study describes general positivity toward the Irish COVID Tracker App among users but also highlights the need for transparency on effectiveness of App-enabled contact tracing and for study of non-users to better establish barriers to use.

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